By this time, and we’re talking about a few seconds after the incident began, MPs had snapped into action. They were giving the young men some very cross looks. Only Sir Patrick Cormack decided to become a have-a-go hero, and tried to grab one youth in an armlock… “My goodness, I thought, if they had been terrorists armed with machine guns, some of the least known MPs in the country would be lying dead by now.'” Sir Patrick addressed one of the youths. “Get out! I am furious! This is disgraceful!”

Sir Patrick Cormack MP is a firm supporter of hunting (but not of violent protesting).